tntrn

tntrn ASN, RN

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  1. should an ADN new grad bother applying to new grad program if it says BSN preferred?

    tntrn replied to janice_c67's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Only if it is the hospital policy. The first 3 nurse managers I worked for were ADN's, one of those was exceptional. The two who were BSN's were terrible managers. More of the alphabet behind...

  2. should an ADN new grad bother applying to new grad program if it says BSN preferred?

    tntrn replied to janice_c67's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It could be their loss, as there is absolutely no guarantee that a BSN will make the better employee or nurse. But to answer your question, if they say preferred, I'd take a shot at it. If they...

  3. I don't get why you have to become a RN first ?

    tntrn replied to xInspiredx's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    You can start working as an NP right out of school without ever having worked as an RN. I have a friend, who went to school several years ago....got her RN then proceeded to continue in the NP...

  4. Increasing staff compliance with hand hygiene

    tntrn replied to LMJRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And you can't tell me that rash-y, maybe even bleeding hands are healthy. Same with nails. I know, I know, acrylics are Baaaaad, but my cuticles have never been in worse shape since I had to give...

  5. Increasing staff compliance with hand hygiene

    tntrn replied to LMJRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Personally, I think this is BS. After you use the hand gel outside the room, the patient is supposed to ask you if you used it? You could say yes, and nobody would be the wiser. And anyway,...

  6. Vent thread "universal" health care

    tntrn replied to mauxtav8r's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    And just who gets to decide if a person or family can "afford" or not afford to buy this mandated insurance. One family may feel they cannot afford it even though they are outside the "get it free"...

  7. Sorry, Milwaukee nurses and patients

    tntrn replied to UnionRN2's topic in General Nursing

    This is only the second time I have heard the comparison to the airlines. The first was from a bunch of "suits" who came to our hospital and starting talking up the "high reliability unit" concept,...

  8. WOW! Have things changed that much or did we have our signals crossed???

    tntrn replied to ilmbg's topic in General Nursing

    I am one of the older broads, getting ready to retire....While I think computer skills are a necessary thing, I find it appalling that it has become more important that patient-care

  9. How come you don't work more?

    tntrn replied to Schmoo1022's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My work only has my home number. Because I do not want to have my cell phone ringing when I am out and about and have it be them. At home I can screen, and I do. After 34 years, I have gotten...

  10. Question for L&D nurses

    tntrn replied to CrazziiRN913's topic in General Nursing

    Significant drops in fetal heart rate sometimes occur within 30 minutes after an epidural placement and that might be why the scalp electrode was

  11. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

  12. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Kids in Taiwan "learn" English too, but I can tell you from the four years my husband was based there with his airline, it's not always intelligible and it certainly wouldn't be considered

  13. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    With an added, "in English, please." I find that many Hispanic women (and I work with women) know far more English that they will admit.....but if encouraged a little... I guess if you can...

  14. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    MunoRN: I can't help myself. What, exactly, is your dog in this

  15. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

  16. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    And if the person "need something" and in addition gives you a long and very rapid discourse about that, then what? Misunderstanding what the person needs could result in a medication error...hence...

  17. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    [quote=anonymurse;4722120 I had a translator once tell me "It makes no sense at all to your patient to associate his pain level with a number." You think I'm going to get something like that out of a...

  18. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks a lot:eek: Your post just slapped me upside the head, because I often chart that I discussed some topics, ones that I feel confidant in using Spanish to discuss, like this "discussed ____ with...

  19. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I happen to have been in L & D for 34 years, and most of our patients get epidurals. We have a very quiet unit! BUT, I had a Japanese patient once upon a time who spoke perfect English. When...

  20. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    No, you should be studying

  21. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Here's another wrinkle: once we all learn Spanish to satisfy the "needs" of 1/6 of the US population, and then the Chinese or the French, or the Germans get on the bandwagon and demand that we all...

  22. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    But that doesn't mean you won't ever have one, and to avoid the discriminatory aspect your position seems to scream out about, I think Tamil should be required, as well as every other language in the...

  23. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Why spanish? Why not

  24. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    I don't for a minute think they are too stupid to learn the language. I think we, as a society, have caved in to the pressure of making it easier for them to be here, but WITHOUT requiring them to...

  25. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    tntrn replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    That does not, in any way, resemble a reason why the other 5/6 of the US population (some of which are from OTHER countries) should learn to speak Spanish. It just